The Antifragility Advantage™

Use adversity to become stronger than ever before.

The Problem

Fragile systems break under pressure. Resilient systems withstand that pressure. Antifragile systems, under pressure, get better.

In times of change, uncertainty and adversity, becoming antifragile is the ultimate competitive advantage for leaders, teams and organisations.

The Insight

Antifragile leaders embrace challenges when others resist or avoid them, and they create a climate for others to be at their best when times are tough. We call this the Antifragility Advantage.

The Program

In this program leaders unlock greater self awareness of their current level of antifragility, plus practical tools they can use immediately to strengthen their own antifragility and to build it across the teams they lead, at work and beyond.

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Shaun and Michelle explain the core idea of antifragility.
What is Antifragility?

Fragile things break under stress. Resilient things resist it and return to where they were. But some people and some systems do something remarkable: under pressure, they grow stronger. That is antifragility.

It comes down to two capacities working together. Resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity as quickly as possible. And Grit, the ability to keep moving forward towards long-term goals regardless of adversity.

Why Antifragility?

Resilience and Grit each matter, but on their own neither is enough. Resilience without Grit bounces back quickly but drifts off the long-term goal. Grit without Resilience pushes hard but struggles to recover from setbacks.

Only when a leader has both do they become antifragile, growing stronger through the very pressure that overwhelms others, and creating the conditions for their team to do the same.

The goal is the top right: high Resilience and high Grit. That is the Antifragility Advantage, and it can be learned, by a leader and the team they lead.

Key Outcomes

What your leaders walk away with

01
Know what great looks like
Leaders understand what antifragility really is, Resilience plus Grit, and what great looks like in practice.
02
See where they stand today
The Antifragility Advantage Diagnostic gives each leader a clear read on their current levels of Resilience and Grit.
03
Strategies they can use immediately
Practical tools to bounce back from adversity faster and to persist towards long-term goals.
04
A toolkit and an action plan
Each participant receives a Takeaway Toolkit, plus their action plan built in the session for themselves and their team.
05
Nudges that reinforce over time
Behavioural nudges remind and reinforce each leader's Resilience and Grit habits over the weeks that follow, so the change lasts.
The Diagnostic

The Antifragility Advantage Diagnostic

Pair the program with our validated diagnostic so each leader sees their current levels of Resilience and Grit, and exactly where they sit on the antifragility matrix.

Resilience
Measured across rebound routines, positive habits, optimism and explanatory style.
Grit
Measured across perseverance, passion, growth mindset and empowering beliefs.
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The Antifragility Advantage Diagnostic report shown on a laptop
Session Flow

How the session unfolds

Timings and emphasis are tailored to your group and the time available.

1
What is Antifragility?
We define fragile, resilient and antifragile, and show that antifragility means growing stronger through pressure: Resilience plus Grit.
2
Why Antifragility?
We explore why Resilience or Grit alone is not enough, and how holding both makes leaders, teams and organisations antifragile.
3
How do we become Antifragile?
We contrast the mindsets of Resilience and Grit and the shifts that build each, so leaders know what to develop and when.
4
The Antifragility Advantage Diagnostic
Each leader sees their current levels of Resilience and Grit through the diagnostic, and where they sit on the antifragility matrix.
5
Resilience strategies
Practical tools to bounce back from adversity faster, even instantly, by changing the mental habits behind Resilience, including our 'Good!' and Fizzy tools.
6
Grit strategies
The one mindset shift and the six magic words that increase persistence towards long-term goals and build a culture of Grit.
7
Make it real
Each leader commits to the specific shifts they will make to become more antifragile, and to build antifragility across the team they lead.
Format & Delivery

Shaped around your context

Duration
Half day or full day
Delivery
In person or virtual
Audience
Leadership cohorts or intact teams
Two ways to work with us

People of Influence is the consultancy through which Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny deliver leadership programs, team offsites and impactful conferences.

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